INTERNATIONAL Italian rescuers are searching for a dozen missing people on the southern island of Ischia after a massive landslide killed at least one person. A wave of mud and debris swept through the small town of Casamicciola Terme early Saturday, engulfing at least one house and sweeping cars down to the sea. Rescuers recovered the body of a 31-year-old woman, according to Italian news agency AGI, with other local […]
At least 15 people have been killed in a landslide at a gold mine in Guinea’s northeastern region of Siguiri, according to officials, as rescuers on Sunday continued to dig through the rubble in search of survivors. The artisanal mine near the village of Tatakourou collapsed on Saturday, killing the miners instantly, Sekou Biniou Simagan, a local councillor, said. The bodies of the 15 artisanal miners, who were all male […]
Heavy rain in Nepal triggered landslides on Monday that killed at least eight workers at a construction site and two members of a family, taking the toll in floods, landslides and lightning to nearly 200 since late May. Bhagawati Nepal, deputy mayor of the affected Melamchi municipality, a small town about 50km (30 miles) to the north of Kathmandu, said all the deceased were workers involved in the construction of […]
A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed at least 162 people and wounded another 54, officials say, in one of the worst-ever accidents to hit the treacherous industry. The incident took place early on Thursday in the jade-rich Hpakant area of Kachin state after a bout of heavy rainfall, the Myanmar Fire Services Department said on Facebook. "By 7:15 pm, 162 bodies were found, and 54 […]
Sixty-five people have been confirmed dead in a landslide at a huge rubbish dump in Ethiopia's capital, as rescue workers and desperate relatives continued to comb through piles of fetid trash looking for survivors. The disaster late on Saturday destroyed 49 makeshift homes inside the Koshe landfill site on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, city spokesman Amare Mekonen said. Residents said dozens of people were still missing. On Monday, rescuers […]
At least 46 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a landslide struck at a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital. The landslide late on Saturday levelled more than 30 makeshift homes of squatters living inside the Koshe landfill on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, said Dagmawit Moges, head of the city's communications bureau. Moges said most of the dead were women and children, and […]
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